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AZ8theist

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16. Yes.
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:55 PM
Sunday

He replied to the Danbury, Ct Baptist congregation who were afraid of persecution by the CONGREGATIONALISTS of Danbury Connecticut.
The point is that the "wall of separation" protects everyone, including competing christian factions as well as other religions or no religion. The fact that those exact words are not in the Constitution is besides the point. The restriction on government imposed religion is clearly spelled out in Amendment 1.
The Reich Wing today wants to blur those lines of separation conveniently forgetting the history involved creating and amending the Constitution. The Founding Fathers wre a LOT SMARTER than the current morons trying to shove their beliefs down everybody's throat.

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